Browsing Økonomisk institutt by Title
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(Chapter / Bokkapittel / AcceptedVersion; Peer reviewed, 2018)The materials balance tells us that matter cannot be created or destroyed. The mass contained in inputs must either be contained in the outputs or contained in residuals. Residuals are discharged to the external environment ...
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(Master thesis / Masteroppgave, 2016)In this master’s thesis, I explain the concept of profit shifting within multinational enterprises and investigate whether petroleum companies on the Norwegian and British continental shelves engage in tax motivated profit ...
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(Master thesis / Masteroppgave, 2012)This thesis focuses on the economic effects of introducing quotas to an open access fishery. When quotas are introduced, effort should decrease. This leads to higher prices and lower costs. Thus, overall profits should ...
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(Master thesis / Masteroppgave, 2019)
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Project evaluation with democratic decision-making: What does cost-benefit analysis really measure? (Journal article / Tidsskriftartikkel / AcceptedVersion; Peer reviewed, 2014)It is often argued that projects involving public good changes should be chosen on the basis of monetary valuation and cost–benefit analysis (CBA). However, CBA is not value-free. When used to measure welfare, it is based ...
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(Master thesis / Hovedoppgave, 2007)Along with people’s profound recognition of the importance of wind power, countries are seeking for feasible and effective policy regimes or mechanisms to explore and develop wind power, and China is no exception. Therefore, ...
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(Master thesis / Masteroppgave, 2012)This thesis aims to analyse the impact of software piracy on competition between a non-free proprietary type of software and a free/open-source type of software. In pursuing this, I use a model inspired by Besley et al. ...
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(Master thesis / Masteroppgave, 2022)I adapt a prospect theory value model created by Barberis et al. (2016) to fit cryptocurrency. In their model the authors test the hypothesis that when investors consider allocating money to a stock, they see the stock as ...
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(Master thesis / Masteroppgave, 2013)
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(Master thesis / Masteroppgave, 2023)For å undersøke om det er synergier mellom NGOer og REDD+ donorer, eller om de er substitutter, undersøker denne masteroppgaven verdien av reduserte overvåkings- eller beskyttelseskostnader. Oppgaven tar utgangspunkt i de ...
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(Master thesis / Hovedoppgave, 2002)Extension of loans is being considered as one of the most important and useful functions of the universal commercial banks in the economy. Russian banking has been gradually restoring after the financial crises, when the ...
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(Master thesis / Masteroppgave, 2008)Det å kjøpe bolig er antagelig den største investeringen de fleste av oss vil gjøre i løpet av livet. Husholdningene tar ofte opp lån som er mange ganger inntekten for å finansiere et boligkjøp. Det virker da fornuftig ...
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(Master thesis / Masteroppgave, 2018)This paper investigates the effects of changes in public investment on industrial output, nominal industry wages and household consumption, to identify the channel through which public spending affects aggregate demand and ...
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(Working paper / Arbeidsnotat, 2020)Violence against women is persisting in many parts of the world. At the same time, there is a global trend of increased female labour force participation. In this paper we study the effect on intimate partner violence of ...
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(Journal article / Tidsskriftartikkel / PublishedVersion; Peer reviewed, 2022)In this paper, we study the effect on intimate partner violence of a large public work programme in India that explicitly encourages female participation (MGNREGA). Based on detailed administrative data, we show that the ...
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(Working paper / Arbeidsnotat, 2001)We present a stated-preference study where values of statistical lives (VSL) are derived both as public and private goods, and we distinguish between three different death causes, heart disease, environmentally related ...
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(Journal article / Tidsskriftartikkel / PublishedVersion; Peer reviewed, 2022)Abstract We present a measure of social segregation which combines mobile phone data and income register data in Oslo, Norway. In addition to measuring the extent of social segregation, our study shows that social segregation ...
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(Master thesis / Masteroppgave, 2022)
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(Master thesis / Hovedoppgave, 2003)Retirement behaviour is the theme of increasing interest in the recent labour economic studies due to its growing importance. In most countries which adopted pay-as-you-go public pension system the relative number of ...
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(Master thesis / Masteroppgave, 2013)Mens bedrifter og entreprenører med behov for finansiering tradisjonelt har henvendt seg til banker, går aktørene nå i større grad direkte til markedene for å skaffe nødvendig kapital. Det finnes mange positive sider ved ...